Fort Leavenworth “Moth Night” combines science with fun

This tiger moth - either a banded tussock moth or a sycamore tussock moth, nearly identical species that can only be determined by further inspection - was among the insects spotted during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, off Sheridan Drive at Fort...

1 / 7 This tiger moth - either a banded tussock moth or a sycamore tussock moth, nearly identical species that can only be determined by further inspection - was among the insects spotted during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, off Sheridan Drive at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Photo Credit: Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) View original

Fort Hays State University student Lauren Rush uses a flashlight and a cell phone to capture images of moths and other insects as she and Student Conservation Association intern Barbie Kalta observe insects drawn to a blacklight during Moth...

2 / 7 Fort Hays State University student Lauren Rush uses a flashlight and a cell phone to capture images of moths and other insects as she and Student Conservation Association intern Barbie Kalta observe insects drawn to a blacklight during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, along a wooded trail at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Rush was part of a biological survey crew from FHSU who spent late May through early August surveying species on post. During the survey, the crew found a smooth earthsnake, a Kansas species listed in need of conservation. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Photo Credit: Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) View original

Isaac Fox, Fort Hays State University biology and natural resources student, observes and identifies insects as Eric Eaton, entomologist and author of "Bugwatching: The Art, Joy and Importance of Observing Insects," photographs moths and other...

3 / 7 Isaac Fox, Fort Hays State University biology and natural resources student, observes and identifies insects as Eric Eaton, entomologist and author of "Bugwatching: The Art, Joy and Importance of Observing Insects," photographs moths and other insects attracted to a blacklight during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, off Sheridan Drive at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Photo Credit: Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) View original

Isaac Fox, Fort Hays State University biology and natural resources student, and naturalist Heidi Eaton take photos of moths attracted to a blacklight during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, off Sheridan Drive at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. As night fell,...

4 / 7 Isaac Fox, Fort Hays State University biology and natural resources student, and naturalist Heidi Eaton take photos of moths attracted to a blacklight during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, off Sheridan Drive at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. As night fell, moths and other insects were drawn to a blacklight set against a white sheet that had been set up along a trail in the woods off of Sheridan Drive. Moth Night attendees observed and photographed several species of moths, plus rove beetles, leafhoppers, Walker's annual cicada, caddisflies and other insects while listening to the cries of flying squirrels and the hoots of barred owls. Fox was part of a biological survey crew on post this summer, and he serves as an insect collector for FHSU's Sternberg Museum of Natural History. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Photo Credit: Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) View original

Moth Night participant Meghan Wieten-Scott shows a moth to 5-year-old Colm Menge during the Natural Resources Division event Aug. 16, 2025, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp

5 / 7 Moth Night participant Meghan Wieten-Scott shows a moth to 5-year-old Colm Menge during the Natural Resources Division event Aug. 16, 2025, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Photo Credit: Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) View original

Five-year-old Colm Menge, son of Rachel Menge and Air Force Maj. Ryan Menge, Command and General Staff Officer Course student, gently captures a moth as it flutters around a blacklight during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, along a trail in the woods...

6 / 7 Five-year-old Colm Menge, son of Rachel Menge and Air Force Maj. Ryan Menge, Command and General Staff Officer Course student, gently captures a moth as it flutters around a blacklight during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, along a trail in the woods off Sheridan Drive at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Colm's parents said his fascination with moths and butterflies began when they read Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar' to him when he was about 2 years old. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Photo Credit: Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) View original

Just before 11 p.m., a polyphemus moth lands on Fort Hays State University biology and natural resources student Lauren Rush's boot during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, off Sheridan Drive at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort...

7 / 7 Just before 11 p.m., a polyphemus moth lands on Fort Hays State University biology and natural resources student Lauren Rush's boot during Moth Night Aug. 16, 2025, off Sheridan Drive at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp (Photo Credit: Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp) View original

Fort Leavenworth “Moth Night” combines science with fun

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